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* Proceedings and reports of the sessions of ICOMOS Advisory Committee (from 2007 onwards)/ Actes et rapports des sessions du Comité consultatif de l'ICOMOS (depuis 2007)

* Periodicals

* Publications of National Committees / Publications des Comités Nationaux

* US/ICOMOS International Symposia - Proceedings

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Archaeological heritage

• THE APPEAR METHOD: A practical guide for the management of enhancement projects on urban archaeological sites. Brussels, European Commission, 2006. (European Commission Research Report; 30/4). English or French.



• APPEAR Project - Proceedings of the International symposium: "Urban pasts and urban futures: bringing urban archaeology to life" - Brussels, Belgium on 4-5 October 2005. English, French or Spanish.
  All texts of the presentations in the original language available in the Annexes.



• APPEAR position papers:
  - Archaeological excavations and conservation and Fouilles archéologiques et conservation by Gianfranco Zidda. 2005.
  
  
  - Excavation, exhibition, conservation or preservation. Technical criteria for a decision-making process and Fouiller, exposer, conserver ou préserver. Critères techniques pour un processus de décision by Antoni Nicolau i Martí. 2005.



• Conservation des sites et du mobilier archéologiques: principes et méthodes. Paris, UNESCO, 1988. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 15).

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Climate change

• ICOMOS recommandations and resolutions on Climate Change (2007)



• Report from the ICOMOS Thematic Workshop on Cultural Heritage and Climate Change held in Quebec (Canada), at the 16th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, October 2008. Final Version issued 1 March 2009.



• Policy document on the impacts of climate change on World Heritage Properties. Paris, UNESCO, 2008.

• Case studies on climate change and world heritage. Paris, UNESCO, 2007. English, French, Spanish.

• Climate change and world heritage: report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on world heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses. Paris, UNESCO, 2007. (World Heritage Reports; 22).

• Global change and mountain regions. Paris, UNESCO, 2006.

• The Protection of monuments and sites against atmospheric pollution: annotated bibliography. Paris, UNESCO, 1984. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 2) English or French.

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Collection "HERITAGE at RISK":
ICOMOS World Reports on Monuments and Sites in Danger

• Heritage at Risk - World Report 2006/2007


• Heritage at Risk - World Report 2004 / 2005

Heritage at Risk Special Editions

• Heritage at Risk - Special Edition 2007: "Cultural heritage and natural disasters: Risk preparedness and the limits of prevention / Kulturerbe und Naturkatastrophen: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Prävention

• Heritage at Risk - Special Edition 2006: The Soviet Heritage and European Modernism.

• Heritage at Risk - Special Edition 2006: Underwater cultural heritage at risk: managing natural and human impacts

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Conservation economics / Economie de la conservation

• Conservation economics.International Scientific Committee. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. (117 pages).
  
  
• Economics of conservation. International Scientific Symposium. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. (163 pages).
  
  
• Report on economics of conservation. An appraisal of Theories, principles and methods. December 1998. (102 pages)

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Cultural tourism / Tourisme culturel

• ultural tourism. International Scientific Committee. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. (192 pages).
  
  
• Tourism at world heritage cultural sites: the site manager's hand book. International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. (132 pages).
  
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  Earthen architecture / Architecture en terre
  

• Earthen architecture. The conservation of brick and earth structures. A handbook. John Warren; ICOMOS International Committee on Earthen Architecture. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. 113 p. ISBN: 955-613-042-X
  
  

• Third International Symposium on mudbrick (adobe) preservation. Ankara, Turkey, 29 september - 4 october 1980. Ankara: ICOMOS; ICOM, 1980. 308 p.
  
  
• First International Conference on the conservation of mudbrick monuments / Premier Colloque International sur la Conservation des Monuments en Brique. Yazd, Iran, 25-30 November 1972. ICOMOS. Iran: Ministry of Culture and Arts, 1976. 127 p.
  
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  Historic gardens and landscapes / Jardins et paysages historiques
  

• 1st Intern. Symp. on protection and restoration of historic gardens, Fontainebleau, France 13-18 Sept. 1971. ICOMOS-IFLA. 1971. 250 p.
  
  
• Les Jardins de l'ISLAM/Islamic Gardens. 2nd Intern. Symp. on protection and restoration of historic gardens, Granada, Spain, 29 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1973. ICOMOS-IFLA. 1973.
  
  
• 3rd Intern. Symp. on protection and restoration of historic gardens, Zeist, Netherlands, 8-13 Sept. 1975. ICOMOS-IFLA. 1975. 231 p.
  
  
• International Scientific Committee. HISTORIC GARDENS AND SITES. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. 224 p.
  
  
• Jardins et sites historiques. ICOMOS-IFLA. Madrid: ICOMOS, 1993. 377 p. ISBN : 84-87111-38-6 (Journal Scientifique, n° 1)
  
  
• Landscape heritage. International Symposium ICOMOS-IFLA 1997, Prague, Lednice-Valtice, Cesky Krumlov, September 7-12, 1997. Prague: ICOMOS-IFLA, 1997. 169 p.
  
  
• Seminario Internacional: Los jardines históricos: aproximación multidisciplinaria. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17 al 20 de Octubre de 2001. [Papers]

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Historic towns / Villes historiques


• International Scientific Committee. HISTORIC TOWNS. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. 178 p.
  
  
• Méthode d'analyse morphologique des tissus urbains traditionnels. Paris, UNESCO, 1984. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 3).


• Colloque sur la Conservation des Petites Villes Historiques / Symposium on the conservation of smaller historic towns. Rothenburg ob der Tauber Allemagne/Germany 29-30 May 1975. Paris: ICOMOS, 1975. 209 p.
  
  
• Le visage de la rue dans les cités historiques. Colloque de Lausanne 17-22 juin 1973. Lausanne : Comité National Suisse de l'ICOMOS, 1973. 62 p.
  
  
• Kolloquium: Der verkehr in den historischen stadtzentren. Graz, 5-10 Oktober 1969. Paris: ICOMOS, 1972. 147 p.
  
  
• Deuxième Colloque sur l'etude de la conservation, de la restauration et de la reanimation des ensembles historiques / Second Conference on the conservation, restoration and revival of areas and groups of buildings of historic interest. Tunis, Tunisie, 9-16 Avril 1968. Paris: ICOMOS, 1968. 194 p.
  
  
• Premier Colloque sur l'etude de la conservation, de la restauration et de la reanimation des ensembles historiques / First Conference on the conservation, restoration and revival of areas and groups of buildings of historic interest. Caceres, Espagne/Spain 15-19 Mars 1967. Paris: ICOMOS, 1967. 100 p.

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Industrial heritage / Patrimoine industriel


Reconversion du patrimoine architectural, applications à l'architecture industrielle: bibliographie sélective annotée. Paris, UNESCO, 1988. (Studies and documents on cultural heritage)


Eisen architekture: Die rolle des eisens in der historischen architektur der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrunderts / The role of iron in the historic architecture in the second half of the 19th Century. Bad Ems, 5-9 october 1981. Mainz: ICOMOS Deutsches Nationalkomitee, 1982. 306 p.


Eisen architekture: Die rolle des eisens in der historischen architektur der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrunderts / The role of iron in the historic architecture in the first half of the 19th Century. Bad Ems, 18-22 September 1978. Mainz: ICOMOS Deutsches Nationalkomitee, 1979. 327 p.



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National Committees / Comités Nationaux

• ICOMOS Finland: Rakennettu aika - ICOMOSIN Suomen Osasto 25 Vuotta = Built time - ICOMOS Finnish National Committee 25th Anniversary. ICOMOS Finland, 1993. 144 p. [Texts in Finnish with abstracts in English]
  
  
• Japan ICOMOS: A study report on doctrinal texts of cultural heritage conservation. Tokyo: Japan ICOMOS, 1999. 151 p. [Texts in Japanese and English]
  
  
• ICOMOS Sweden: Information as an instrument for protection against war damages to the cultural heritage. Report from a Seminar, June 1984 . ICOMOS Sweden, The Central Board of National Antiquities and the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO. Stockholm: UNESCO, 1994. 119 p.


Periodicals

• MONUMENTUM - First ICOMOS Review (1967-1984)
  All the articles available online
  
  
• ICOMOS Bulletin (1971 - 1987)
  7 issues / 7 numéros


• International newsletter on rock art (1992-2008)
  All issues available online except the 5 most recent ones


Photogrammetry / Photogrammétrie


• Symposium International sur les Mesurages des Monuments, Brno, Juin 1971. La Société Tchécoslovaque Scientifico-technique, Le Comité tchécoslovaque de geodésie et cartographie et le Comité International de Photogrammétrie Architecturale (CIPA). Brno, 1971. 155 p.
  
  
• Etude sur la photogrammetrie appliquée aux monuments historiques / Application of photogrammetry to historic monuments. Saint-Mande, France, 4-6, VII, 1968. ICOMOS. Paris: ICOMOS, 1969. 181 p.

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Proceedings of ICOMOS General Assemblies and Scientific Symposiums / Actes des Assemblées Générales et Symposium Scientifiques

• 6th General Assembly - Roma 1981:
  "Nessun futura senza passato"
  
  
• 8th General Assembly - Washington 1987: "Old cultures in new worlds"
  
  
• 9th General Assembly - 1990 Lausanne: "ICOMOS, a Quarter Century, Achievements and Future Prospects"
  
  
• 13th General Assembly - 2002 Madrid (Spain): “Strategies for the World’s Cultural Heritage - Preservation in a Globalised World - Principles, Practices, Perspectives”
  
  
• 14th General Assembly - 2003 Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe): “Place - Memory - Meaning: Preserving Intangible values in Monuments and Sites”
  
  
• 15th General Assembly - 2005 Xi'an (China): “Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes”
  
  
• 16th General Assembly - 2008 Quebec (Canada): "Spirit of place: Between tangible and intangible heritage"

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Proceedings of ICOMOS Advisory committee sessions / Actes des sessions du Comité consultatif de l'ICOMOS

(From 2007 onwards / Depuis 2007)



• ADCOM 2007: "Cultural Heritage and Global Climate Change (GCC)/Le patrimoine et les changements climatiques mondiaux"; Pretoria, South Africa, October 2007. Recommandations [English] [French]
  
  
  ADCOM 2009: "Changing World, Changing Views of Heritage: The impact of global change on cultural heritage – Technological Change"; Malta, October 7, 2009. Presentations in English or French
  

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Rock art / Art rupestre

• International newsletter on rock art (1992-2008), CAR-ICOMOS.
  All issues available online except the 5 most recent ones


• Symposium on Conservation, Recording and Interpretation of Rock Art; Vancouver, Canada; 1983. Preservation and presentation of rock art, 1981-1983 / Préservation et mise en valeur de l'art rupestre, 1981-1983. Anati, Emmanuel. Paris, UNESCO, 1984. 135 p. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 1).


• Rock art in the Sahara: conservation methodology and management / L'Art rupestre saharien: conservation, méthodologie et gestion. Kerzabi, Sid Ahmed; Hachid, Malika; Garcia, Michel Alain. Paris, UNESCO, 1986. 41 p. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 13).


• The Conservation of rock art: two studies, illustrated glossary / Conservation de l'art rupestre: deux études, glossaire illustré. Brunet, Jacques; Vidal, Pierre; Vouvé, Jean. Paris, UNESCO, 1987. 226 p. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage;

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Stained glass / Vitrail

• International Scientific Committee. STAINED GLASS. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. (277 pages). ISBN: 955-613-044-6

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Stone / Pierre

• ICOMOS-ISCS: Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns / Glossaire illustré sur les formes d'altération de la pierre. English-French version - Version Anglais-Français. Paris: ICOMOS-ISCS, 2008. 78 p. (Monuments and Sites; XV). ISBN: 978-2-918086-00-0.


• The Deterioration and conservation of stone. Paris, UNESCO, 1988. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 16). English or French.
  
  
• Colloques sur l'alteration des pierres / Conferences on the weathering of stones. Bruxelles/Brussels, 25-26 fevrier 1966 ; 20-21 decembre 1967. Paris: ICOMOS, 1968. 176 p.
  
  

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US/ICOMOS International Symposia - Proceedings

• [10th, San Francisco, California, 2007]- [9th, Newport, Rhode Island, 2006]- [8th, Charleston, 2005]- [7th, Natchitoches, 2004]- [6th, Annapolis, 2003]- [3rd, Indianapolis, 2000]- [2nd, Washington, DC, 1999]- [1st, San Antonio, 1996]
  
  
• Zaryn, Aleksandra. ICOMOS, zarys dzialalnosci i wybór dokumentów = The outline of activities and selected documents . Warszawa: Ministerstwo Kultury i Sztuki, Osrodek Dokumentacji Zabytków, 1980 (ICOMOS Poland)
  
  
• Zaryn, Aleksandra. ICOMOS, zarys dzialalnosci i wybór dokumentów. Czesc II = The outline of activities and selected documents. Part II . Warszawa: Ministerstwo Kultury i Sztuki, Osrodek Dokumentacji Zabytków, 1989 (ICOMOS Poland)
  
  
  
• Comité National Hellénique de l'ICOMOS - Colloque de Thessalonique 3-10 octobre 1973: Colloque sur la protection et la reanimation des villages historiques menacés par l'industrie, le developpement des villes et par l'abandon des methodes traditionnelles de l'agriculture . Chambre Technique de Grèce - Comité National Hellénique de l'ICOMOS
  
  
• Section Nationale Suisse de l'ICOMOS: Colloque régional - L'architecte et les artisans de la restauration des monuments, mission et collaboration (Genève, 5-6 Octobre 1979)

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Vernacular architecture / Architecture vernaculaire

• Vernacular Architecture. International Scientific Committee on Vernacular Architecture. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. 124 p.


• Architecture vernaculaire au Sultanat d'Oman. Paris, UNESCO, 1985. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 11)


• L'Architecture vernaculaire dans les Balkans. Paris, UNESCO, 1985. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 10)


• Vernacular architecture and its conservation: annotated bibliography. Paris, UNESCO, 1985. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 9). English or French.


• Symposium ICOMOS CSSR 1971: Premier colloque sur les problèmes posé par la sauvegarde de l'architecture populaire. Bratislava: Slovensky ústav pamiatkovej starostlivosti a ochrany prírody, 1976. 483 p.(Monumentorum tutela - Ochrana pamiatok n° 9)
  
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  Wooden architecture / Architecture en bois
  
• WOOD. International Scientific Committee on Wood. Colombo: ICOMOS, 1993. (133 p.).
  
  
• A note on the authenticity of historic timber buildings with particular reference to Japan. Larsen, Knut Einar.(Occassional papers for the World Heritage Convention). December 1992. Paris: ICOMOS, 1992. 25 p.
  
  
• Conservation of wooden monuments. Proceedings of the ICOMOS Wood Committee, IV International Symposium, Canada, June 1982. Ottawa : ICOMOS Canada and Heritage Canada Foundation, 1983. 236 p. ISBN0-88814-028-2
  
  
• Compte-rendu du V Colloque International / Proceedings of the V International Symposium. Norvège / Norway 1983. Alvheim & Eide Ovre Ervik: ICOMOS, 1984. 148 p. ISBN: 82-90359-19-5
  
  
• Colloques sur la conservation du bois / Symposia on the conservation of wood. Stockholm, 11-14 Mai 1977; Troyes, 16-19 Mai 1979. Paris, ICOMOS, [1981]. 232 p.
  
  
• Colloque sur l'alteration du bois / Symposium on the weathering of wood>. Ludwigsburg, Allemagne/Germany 8-11 VI 1969. Paris: ICOMOS, 1969. (259 p.).

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Various documents/ Documents divers

• Monuments & Sites, Vol. XVI: The World Heritage List - What is OUV? Defining the Outstanding Universal Value of Cultural World Heritage Properties. Berlin: Hendrik Bäßler Verlag, 2008. 111 p. (Monuments and Sites; XVI). ISBN: 978-3-930388-51-6.
  
  
  Scientific Journal/ Journal scientifique. Thirty years of ICOMOS / Trentieme anniversaire de l'ICOMOS. Paris: ICOMOS, 1995. (145 pages). ISSN: 1391-1147

  
  
• Les Médinas maghrébines. Paris, UNESCO, 1987. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 12)


• Practical manual for the storage and display of textiles for museums in South-East Asia. Paris, UNESCO, 1984. (Studies and documents on the cultural heritage; 8)
  
  
• Colloque sur les Monuments et la Societé / Symposium on Monuments and Society. Leningrad, URSS / USSR, 2-8 septembre 1969. Paris: ICOMOS, 1971. 153 p.
  
  
• Colloque sur les problems que pose l'humidité dans les monuments anciens / Conference on the problems of moisture in historic monuments. Roma, 11-14 October 1967. Paris: ICOMOS, 1969. 332 p.
  
  
• Colloque sur le Centre de Documentation de l'ICOMOS / Conference on the ICOMOS Documentation Centre. Brussels, 13-15 December 1966. ICOMOS. Paris: ICOMOS, 1969. 96 pages.


• Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historical Monuments (Venezia, 25-31 Maggio 1964)
  
  

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